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Huckabee cites his 'execution' experience


Mike Huckabee has started to cite the 16 executions he oversaw as Arkansas governor in his presidential campaign, pointing to them as a type of experience no other candidate in the Republican race can claim.


This week he cut an ad attacking Romney for, among other things, failing to ever carry out any executions as governor of Massachusetts.


Support for or opposition to the death penalty has a long history in political campaigns, but to claim carrying out an execution is a political benefit may be a new one. Either way, it's a stark claim to make.


— Stephen Dinan, national political reporter, The Washington Times
http://video1.washingtontimes.com/dinan/2007/12/huckabe_cites_his_execution_ex.htm